This morning, President Obama announced that he’s founding a top-level “Atrocities Prevention Board”—and the first action of the board will be to listen to a panel of experts on human rights violations, where Sam Gregory will be representing WITNESS.

Speaking at the Holocaust Museum this morning, President Obama described the failures and successes of interventions in atrocities, and outlined the form of the new board. Sanctions will be central in this plan, and he announced new sanctions against Syria and Iran. His message to war criminals was blunt: “We will not relent in bringing you to justice–be on notice.”